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Shrimp Trawlers, Meet TED. Travis Sanford / May 11, 2012. ... A TED usually is composed of a grid of bars with an opening positioned at either end of a trawl net. Shrimp and small fish pass through ...
Shrimp is one of Madagascar’s most lucrative exports. But local fishers and environmental groups say shrimp trawlers are harming the country’s marine environment and leaving too few fish in ...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — New England's long-shuttered shrimp business, which fell victim to warming waters, will remain in a fishing moratorium indefinitely, fishery regulators ruled last week ...
FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2012, file photo, northern shrimp lie in a pile aboard a trawler in the Gulf of Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — New England shrimp, long lost ...
The state licenses 300 trawlers, which range from small outboard motor-powered boats, where most of the work is done by hand, to 80-foot-long trawlers with heavy mechanical equipment handing the nets.